Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: ubuntu...

Debian can be difficult. It has never been considered user friendly. As of
Debian 6 they made things worse for most users when they stripped
proprietary blobs from the kernel. However its core users do not care. They
are more capable than most and care little for those who don't think like
them.

I don't use it anymore because of all the attitude.

You are right. Not all distros are easy to customize. Nor are all desktop
environments. Fortunately you can change those more easily than a
distribution.

Roy

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On Mar 20, 2012 8:20 PM, "Paul" <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
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> > So true. Linux gives you lots of options. Just because one distro
> changes,
> > it is not the end of the line, but is a new beginning.
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> > Roy
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> Some distributions are more difficult to customize than others I've found.
> With Linux growing more static than it used to be I'm not seeing the
> advantages to sophisticated package management as much as I used to. All of
> the dependency hassles sure are still there though.
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> Recently I found out that in order to run Gnome on Debian I had to run
> Apache too. Something to do with the help application I think? Anyhow I
> thought it was outrageous that I had to run such a service in order to use
> a windowing environment. Then when I ditched Gnome, and Apache I found out
> their alternative Wi-Fi configuration tool, wicd didn't work for me.
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> After monkeying around with that for a bit without any success that laptop
> has just sat. It isn't very portable with an Ethernet cable plugged into it.
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